pdf viewer

[Kerodo]

Is there a free pdf viewer/reader other than Adobe Acrobat, which has
gotten very bloated and slow over the years? I'd like to use something
else besides Acrobat...

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 21 Jan 2005, Kerodo wrote

Is there a free pdf viewer/reader other than Adobe Acrobat, which
has gotten very bloated and slow over the years? I'd like to use
something else besides Acrobat...

There sure is. I've recently taken Acrobat off my machine entirely in
favour of Brava Reader -- it does everything I want (and loads up in a
flash).

It's at http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm.

HTH

 

[Remove Underscores]

On 21 Jan 2005, Kerodo wrote

There sure is. I've recently taken Acrobat off my machine entirely in
favour of Brava Reader -- it does everything I want (and loads up in a
flash).

It's at http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm.

Alternately, Ghostscript + Ghostview
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

 

[ArjanDotOrg]

Is there a free pdf viewer/reader other than Adobe Acrobat, which has

gotten very bloated and slow over the years? I'd like to use something
else besides Acrobat...

Foxit PDF Reader

Overview:

Foxit PDF Reader is a free reader for PDF (eBook) documents. You can
view and print PDF documents with it. Foxit PDF Reader is small (the
download size less than 1MB), so you can download it quickly. It
doesn't need any lengthy installation, so you can start to run it as
soon as you can download it. And it starts up immediately, so you don't
need to wait the annoying "Welcome" screen to disappear. Foxit PDF
Reader is extremely easy to use, just double click it to start and then
click open button to open your PDF document. If you want to print,
click on "Print" button. If you want to setup the page layout for
printing, select "Print Setup" from "File" menu. Foxit PDF Reader runs
on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003. It is provided by Foxit Software
Company for free non-commercial use. This product is provided AS IS
without any explicit or implicit warranty. Please see the End User
License Agreement.

Homepage: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php#

For related software, check out: http://www.arjan.org/?Viewers


Kind regards,

_____
Arjan

E-mail: (e-mail address removed) (remove NOSPAM)
Homepage: Arjan.org's Absolute Freeware Links (http://www.arjan.org)

 

[Kerodo]

On 21 Jan 2005, Kerodo wrote

There sure is. I've recently taken Acrobat off my machine entirely in
favour of Brava Reader -- it does everything I want (and loads up in a
flash).

It's at http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm.

Thanks very much.. I'll check it out...

 

[Kerodo]

Alternately, Ghostscript + Ghostview
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

Thank you also..

 

[Taf®]

Is there a free pdf viewer/reader other than Adobe Acrobat, which has
gotten very bloated and slow over the years? I'd like to use something
else besides Acrobat...

Here is another one!
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

 

[Onno Voors]

Ghostscript + Ghostview

nagware

 

[Kerodo]

Here is another one!
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Yes, I decided to go with Foxit. I liked it the best. Simple, fast and
it works.. I was getting tired of the monster Acrobat downloads and
bloat. This is a much better solution that works for me..

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions..

 

[Helen]

Yes, I decided to go with Foxit. I liked it the best. Simple, fast and
it works.. I was getting tired of the monster Acrobat downloads and
bloat. This is a much better solution that works for me..

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions..

From an older modem program I installed Adobe 3.01! Not bloated
and it does all I need from pdf. So how about checking some of those
old program CD's? Sometimes they have some nifty little programs ...
more so in the past than now.... even the dreaded AOL 'freebies' in
the past sometimes had other little programs...mostly though, I got mine
from older modem install software. I have Adobe 3.01 and 4.0 and
REFUSE to UPgrade...and I'm not nagged about it. So I think I'll just
let well enough alone for now.

BTW, I'm not suggesting that one illegally acquire these programs, I'm
only suggesting that perhaps you already have a program that does for
you what you are searching for one to do.

 

[Kerodo]

From an older modem program I installed Adobe 3.01! Not bloated
and it does all I need from pdf. So how about checking some of those
old program CD's? Sometimes they have some nifty little programs ...
more so in the past than now.... even the dreaded AOL 'freebies' in
the past sometimes had other little programs...mostly though, I got mine
from older modem install software. I have Adobe 3.01 and 4.0 and
REFUSE to UPgrade...and I'm not nagged about it. So I think I'll just
let well enough alone for now.

BTW, I'm not suggesting that one illegally acquire these programs, I'm
only suggesting that perhaps you already have a program that does for
you what you are searching for one to do.

You can get even older versions of Acrobat here:

http://oldversion.com/

 

[me]

Ghostscript + Ghostview

Tks for the headsup.

J

 

[Helen]

You can get even older versions of Acrobat here:

http://oldversion.com/

Thank you. I have some old computers that can't handle
'the latest and greatest' ... LOL!

 

[socrtwo]

There are at least a couple programs which eliminate all the
unnecessary Acrobat Reader Add-Ons from loading. After you run either
one of them Acrobat loads in an instant, just like Foxit and Brava
Reader (thanks for the reminder about this nice program).

http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/ - Adobe Reader Speedup
http://www.acropdf.com/products.html - PDF Speedup - more configurable
than above.

 

[Dennis Roark]

Is there a free pdf viewer/reader other than Adobe Acrobat, which has
gotten very bloated and slow over the years? I'd like to use something
else besides Acrobat...

You could try Foxit:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Dennis Roark

(e-mail address removed)
Starting Points:
http://sio.midco.net/denro/www